CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER PRESENTS

olive Dance Theatre

“Swift Solos: The Reconstruction of Ken Swift’s 20^th Century Breakin’”

 March 19 & 20, 2010, 8:30 pm

Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts

Tickets to Contemporary Dance Theater’s presentation of

olive Dance Theatre are $27 & $22; $17 students & seniors;

ETA member benefits apply. 

Tickets may be purchased at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at

(513) 621-2787 or on-line at www.cincinnatiarts.org.

 

“…our mission is to validate indigenous American hip hop dance forms, specifically Breakin’ through the creation of new dance theatre works and the performance of these works...”

- Jamie Merwin, Artistic Director

 

        Cincinnati, Ohio: olive Dance Theatre. Founded in May 2002, oDT presents interdisciplinary work steeped in and moving through African American vernacular.

 

photo by Enoch Chan

 “Swift Solos”  The American Masterpieces dance project “Swift Solos” by oDT is an evening-length series of vignettes based on the choreographic legacy of seminal Breakin’ innovator Ken Swift.  This collection of solo and ensemble offerings will celebrate Ken Swift’s choreographic body of work from battle and cipher to the concert stage.  Pivotal to the globalization of the American folk form known as breakdancing–Swift’s work as a master choreographer spans over 30 years, crossing borders of race, age, culture, genre and venue. oDT’s reconstruction of Swift’s work focuses the company’s “phenomenal hip-hop prowess” (Philadelphia Inquirer) and presents audiences with a comprehensive retrospective outlining the breadth and magnitude of this Breakin’ master.

 

photo courtesy of oDT

Olive Dance Theatre: “Swift Solos: The Reconstruction of Ken Swift’s 20^th Century Breakin’” was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

 

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Contemporary Dance Theater's 2009-10 season supporters include the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation (Season Support); Ohio Arts Council (Operating Support), The National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency) (Season Support), the Fine Arts Fund (Operating Support), the Greater Cincinnati Foundation's Endowment Fund (presentations at the Aronoff), an anonymous fund, The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation, as well as individual advertisers and contributors.

Contemporary Dance Theater thanks its
2009-10 Sponsors

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CELEBRATING ITS 37TH SEASON!

 

Contemporary Dance Theater was founded in 1972 by Jefferson James and remains the only arts organization in the Tri-State dedicated to promoting and presenting contemporary dance.  CDT operates a dance studio and performance space in the historic College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224.  For more information call (513) 591-1222 or visit www.cdt-dance.org.